The Resume

(April 13, 1909-July 23, 2001)
Wrote ‘A Curtain of Green, and Other Stories (1941),’ ‘The Robber Bridegroom (1942),’ ‘The Wide Net (1943),’ ‘Music from Spain (1946),’ ‘The Bride of Innisfallen (1954),’ ‘The Ponder Heart (1954),’ ‘Thirteen Stories (1965),’ ‘Losing Battles (1970),’ ‘The Optimist’s Daughter (1973),’ ‘The Eye of the Story (1978)’ and ‘Collected Stories (1980)’

Why she might be annoying:

She was introverted and shy.
She was still a virgin at 32.
She lived with her mother until she was 57.
She may never have had sex at all.
Her novels were never as successful as her short stories.

Why she might not be annoying:

She was sheltered from the outside world by her parents.
Her mother made her feel guilty about traveling to promote her books.
The only man she ever loved turned out to be gay.
She loved her hometown, Jackson, Mississippi.
She was known for capturing Southern life in her stories.
A popular e-mail program is named after her.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• About.com Top 100 Women of History [2009] (Ranked: 37)
• Adults Who Probably Died a Virgin
• Alta Cockers
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [April] (Ranked: 4131909)
• Guggenheim Fellowship Grant Recipients
• Horse Faces
• I Attended University of Wisconsin-Madison
• I Died in 2001 (Ranked: 92)
• National Women's Hall of Fame (Ranked: 2000)
• People Magazine's 25 Most Intriguing People [1980]
• Profiles 13751-14000 (Ranked: 13854)
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 5]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 15 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 12 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 30 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 54 Votes: 42.59% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 91 Votes: 56.04% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 155 Votes: 49.68% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 277 Votes: 45.13% Annoying